She Makes Us Smile

It is hard to believe Meredith is 3 already. Time is going by faster & faster with each child I think. She is such a character sometimes. She loves to play dollies now that we have Brooklyn. She spreads a bunch of hand towels out and lays them all down for naps, feeds them bottles, and changes their diapers. She uses her own diapers & wipes, which is fine, except she keeps rolling up the perfectly good diapers and putting them in the trash. I think I have caught most of them so far. She still takes naps really well most of the time. After we put her in bed one night, we later found her with the red socks & tennis shoes on & keys clasped in her hand - ready to go somewhere in the morning. Today, she & Malia were hauling stuff out to the van to go on vacation. They were both strapped in the front 2 seats and informed me they were going to Fun World (Worlds of Fun), Grandma's & Africa. We are trying potty training again - I think this might be phase 3 - we'll see if Mommy & Daddy can stick w/it and not give up this time. She has absolutely no desire to watch TV (the polar opposite of Malia) but would rather just play & talk or follow Mommy around. She is a really good helper and if someone can't find something she can usually hunt it down. She is a daddy's girl and wants to know where he is every morning. When I was helping her pray the other night, I said "Help me (Meredith) to obey Mommy & Daddy" she promptly repeated after me "Help Malia to obey Mommy & Daddy". Meredith you add lots of sunshine and a bit of spice to our life - We love you!!